Avants Gaming
How Yanhuang helped a Malaysia-based gaming platform migrate from on-premise and legacy cloud infrastructure to AWS, building a scalable, highly available, and cloud-native gaming ecosystem for global growth.
Multi-AZ
High Availability
EKS
Container Orchestration
SEA
Regional Coverage
"Yanhuang helped us build a clear roadmap for cloud transformation, moving beyond simple migration to true modernization on AWS — enabling us to scale our gaming platform with confidence."
Technology Leadership
Avants Gaming
Customer Overview
Avants Gaming is a Malaysia-based gaming technology company operating a cross-platform gaming ecosystem that serves players across PC, mobile, and console. Its platform supports matchmaking, leaderboard management, tournament hosting, in-game payment processing, and real-time player analytics — serving a growing B2B and B2C user base across Southeast Asia.
As the platform scaled, Avants Gaming required a more resilient, low-latency, and cloud-native infrastructure to support concurrent users, peak tournament events, and future regional expansion.
The Challenge
Avants Gaming's existing infrastructure relied on a mix of on-premise servers and legacy cloud resources, with containerized services deployed in a less standardized manner. As player traffic grew, several critical challenges emerged:
- Inability to handle high-concurrency spikes during tournaments and game launches
- Limited horizontal scalability for game backend and matchmaking services
- Operational overhead from self-managed databases and caching layers
- Inadequate observability and log management for real-time incident response
- Lack of a standardized CI/CD pipeline and IaC-based deployment workflow
Solution Architecture
Architecture Overview
This architecture is designed to support a scalable, low-latency gaming platform on AWS in the Malaysia region. Game clients connect via Route 53, CloudFront, and AWS Global Accelerator, protected by AWS Shield and WAF. Core gaming services run on Amazon EKS across multiple Availability Zones, with managed Redis, MySQL, and MongoDB layers. DynamoDB and S3 handle APK distribution and platform storage, while a dedicated DevOps and Log Hub layer provides full observability and governance.
Technical Highlights
- Multi-AZ EKS deployment for high-concurrency game backend services
- CloudFront + AWS Global Accelerator for low-latency global player access
- AWS Shield and WAF for DDoS protection and edge security
- ElastiCache for Redis for session, leaderboard, and matchmaking cache
- Amazon DynamoDB and S3 for APK delivery and scalable platform storage
- AWS KDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch via Log Hub for centralized observability
Key Benefits
- Supports high-concurrency gaming sessions and tournament spikes
- Reduces player latency through edge delivery and global acceleration
- Improves platform resilience with automated failover across AZs
- Strengthens security posture with DDoS protection and KMS encryption
- Provides a cloud-native foundation for regional and global expansion
How We Solved It
Yanhuang proposed a full migration and modernization plan designed to support containerized gaming services, cloud-native deployment, real-time data processing, and player-grade observability.
Container Migration
Migration of game backend services to Amazon EKS for elastic orchestration and multi-AZ deployment
Database Modernization
Adoption of Amazon RDS MySQL, ElastiCache for Redis, and DynamoDB for player data and real-time cache workloads
APK & Asset Delivery
Amazon S3 and CloudFront for global APK distribution, static asset hosting, and lifecycle management
Observability Stack
AWS KDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch integrated via Log Hub for centralized log ingestion and real-time alerting
CI/CD Modernization
Standardized deployment pipelines with IaC, GitOps workflows, and container registry via Amazon ECR
Security Baseline
Shield, WAF, IAM, KMS, and CloudTrail for edge protection, access governance, and audit readiness
AWS Services Used
Business Outcomes
The AWS transformation gave Avants Gaming a scalable, resilient, and player-ready cloud platform built for high-concurrency gaming workloads and regional growth.
Lower
Player Latency
Higher
Concurrency Capacity
Stronger
Security & Compliance
Faster
Deployment Cycles
Key Benefits Achieved
Yanhuang's Role
Acting as the AWS migration and modernization partner, Yanhuang led the full transformation journey from assessment through operational handover.
Assess
Infrastructure discovery, dependency mapping, and TCO analysis
Mobilize
Migration wave planning, landing zone design, and pilot execution
Migrate
Wave-based workload migration: stateless → stateful → critical
Handover
Runbooks, SOPs, monitoring dashboards, and knowledge transfer
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